Vocabulary
Characters
Segregation
Jackie Robinson
Main Idea/Detail
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Someone who is at the same level as others.
Equal
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What is a good word to describe Pee Wee Reese?
Loyal.
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What does segregation mean?
Separation
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Why did Pee Wee Reese stand up for Jackie Robinson?
Jackie was his teammate!
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What is the main idea of a text?
What a story is MOSTLY about!
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What word means: to answer
Respond
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Who is Branch Rickey and why is he important?
The general manager of the Dodgers who signed Jackie Robinson.
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Why did players in the Negro Leagues carry their own food?
Some restaurants would not serve them.
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Why did people think Pee Wee Reese would not like Jackie?
Jackie Robinson played the same position and people thought he would take Pee Wee's job.
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Give two details for this main idea: Third grade is the best grade ever!
We learn to write cursive! We are making thermometers! I can explain my math homework to my parents! My teacher is SOOOOO pretty!
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A group of teams
League.
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What type of character was Branch Rickey looking for to play on his team?
Someone who would not fight back when he was threatened.
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Where did players in the Negro Leagues sleep? Why?
They slept in their cars because some hotels would not have them.
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What position did Jackie Robinson play?
Shortstop.
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Give two details for the following main idea: Pee Wee Reese felt differently than other people, he was not angry at Jackie.
Detail: He refused to sign a petition to get Jackie kicked out of the league. He stood up for Jackie in front of fans. He wanted Jackie to have his job if he was good enough to take it.
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Players on the other team
Opponents
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Why did Branch Rickey sign Robinson?
Answer: He wanted the best players in the league - he didn't care about the color of their skin.
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Give two ways that the players in the Negro Leagues were treated differently than players in the Major Leagues.
Players in the major leagues got paid more, ate well, and were famous.
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The signing of Jackie Robinson was know as the "______________ ______________". Why?
The Great Experiment. African American players had never played in the major leagues before so this was an experiment for everyone.
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Read the following paragraph. What is the main idea? What is a detail? "Laws against segregation didn't exist in the 1940s. In many places in this country, black people were not allowed to go to the same schools and churches as white people. They couldn't sit in the front of a bus or trolley car. They couldn't drink from the same drinking fountains that white people drank from. "
Main Idea: Laws against segregation didn't exist in the 1940s. Detail: African Americans were not allowed to go to the same schools and churches as white people.
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To have or to own
Possess.
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Where did Pee Wee Reese grow up and why is that important in the story?
Louisville. When the Dodgers played the Reds, he saw many people from his home town saying mean things to Jackie Robinson. Pee Wee Reese told them to be quiet.
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What were the names of the two leagues in baseball during the 1940s?
The Major Leagues and the Negro Leagues.
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Why did Jackie promise not to fight back against the white people who were treating him poorly?
He knew that fighting back would keep African Americans out of the major leagues.
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Read the following paragraph. What is the main idea? What is a detail? "Initially, life with the Dodgers was for Jackie a series of humiliations. The players on his team who came from the South, men who had been taught to avoid black people since childhood, moved to another table whenever he sat down next to them. Many opposing players were cruel to him, calling him nasty names from their dugouts. A few tried to hurt him with their spiked shoes. Pitchers aimed at his head."
Main idea: Jackie faced a series of humiliations (embarrassments/ problems) when he first started to play with the Dodgers. Detail: Some players on his team didn't want to sit by him. Other pitchers threw the ball at his head.
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